Chaparral Poets Contest: $3 entry fee; DL 1/31/06. Prizes: $60, $40, $25. Open to all poets. See http://www.ChaparralPoets.org
Jerry Jazz Musician
Contest: No entry
fee; DL 1/31/06. $200 prize to winning story. See http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com
Joyous Publishing: stories, essays, etc. to 10K wds,
fiction or nonfiction, any subject (no hate-based, porn, or gore). No entry
fee; prizes $50, $30; DL 3/15/06, 6/15/06 and 9/15/06. http://www.joyouspub.com/wst_page6.html
America Magazine: articles about theology,
spirituality, politics and social issues, to 2000 wds for college educated mostly
Catholic readers. Pmt: to $300. http://www.americamagazine.org/contactUs.cfm#submission
Amityville House of
Pancakes 3: annual
print/e-antho of speculative fiction humor novellas,
15K-40K wds, from Creative Guy Publ.; Open to subs
1/2/06; DL 3/31/06 pmt: 20% of royalties. Email subs only to ahop(at)the-swamp.net.
http://www.creativeguypublishing.com/
AskMen.com: "useful, practical and
entertaining" articles for men 18-45. Sub a resume, a 750-1000 wd sample article, and a list of sections you want to write
in. Pmt: $50/article. Sub to iwanttowrite(at)askmen.com.
http://www.askmen.com
Black October Magazine: "strongly plotted, good characterization, thought-provoking...dark
and unusual horror" stories 100-4000 wds. Pmt: 5¢/wd. Also
poetry, gothic to urban. Pmt: $15 plus. http://blackoctobermagazine.com/guidelines.cfm
Boulevard: "the finest in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction). Pmt
for fiction to 8000 wds, $50-300; for poetry to 200 lines, $25-300. Sub
to Boulevard Magazine, 6614 Clayton Rd, Box 325, Richmond Heights, MO
63117. http://www.richardburgin.com/writer.htm
Breath and Shadow: Journal of disability culture and literature. Wants work from people
with disabilities. Pmt: $5-15 for poetry, $15-25 for fiction and
nonfiction. http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/write.html
Bride Again: mag for the "encore bride."
articles to 300 wds. Pmt: not listed. Sub to staff(at)brideagain.com.
http://www.brideagain.com/writers.html
Clubhouse Jr.: Mag for 4-8 year olds, wants poetry
that has "a strong message that supports traditional values. No cute but
pointless work." Pmt: $50-100. Sub max 5 poems to Suzanne Hadley, Focus on
the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr, Colorado Springs CO 80920
Courage Magazine: Mag by Regular Baptist Press for 9-11
year olds (Sunday school curriculum). Also, the Press has multiple publications
to write for; pmt: 5¢/wd, negotiable. http://www.rbpstore.org/about/writefor.cfm
Creative Nonfiction: upcoming issue is "Anatomy of Baseball. Wants memoir, pers. Experience, also
articles on baseball. Pmt: $10/page. DL 2/1/06. http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/whatisnew.htm#baseball
The Culture Star Reader: Wants short stories to 3000 wds and
poetry, to 1000 wds. Pmt: $15/story; $10/poem. Culture Star
Reader, 45 Hudson Ave. Suite 743, Albany NY 12207. http://www.culturestarreader.com/submission_guidelines.html
Descending Darkness: Horror webzine,
takes fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Pmt: $10 for fiction, $5 for poetry, no pay
for nonfiction. http://www.descendingdarkness1.com/
The Dollar Stretcher: "dedicated to helping people
make the most of the time and money they have." Pmt: 10¢/wd for 450-750
wds. Query or send complete ms to editor(at)stretcher.com or to Gary
Foreman, 6695 Cortez Road W., Bradenton FL 34210. http://www.TheDollarStretcher.com.
Family Magazine: articles about parenting, health,
education, and birthday parties for 700+ wds. Pmt: flat fee, negotiated. Query
to Farn Dupre, 1122 Route
22 West, Mountainside, NJ 07092. Email to editor(at)njcountyfamily.com.
http://www.njcountyfamily.com.
GL at http://www.njcountyfamily.com/info/writersguidelines.html.
Family Travel Files: ezine to improve family vacations. Wants
accurate and honest info. Pmt: $25/100 wds. Kill fee is full rate. Email
to editor(at)familytravelfiles.com.
http://www.thefamilytravelfiles.com/presswriters.asp
Fibre Focus: spinning, dyeing, knitting, basketry, feltmaking,
papermaking sheepraising magazine. Pmt: $25 per page,
including photos and diagrams. http://www.ohs.on.ca/guidelines.htm
Five Points Literary
Journal: stories or
novel-excerpts to 7500 wds (will consider longer).Pmt: $15/printed page and
$50/poem (to 50 lines). Each year one story will receive Paul Bowles prize for
fiction ($1000). http://webdelsol.com/Five_Points/guidelines/infogl.html
Fun for Kidz: nonfiction articles about "children involved in wholesome
activities." No teen issues like dating, makeup. Pmt: 5¢/wd. Sub to
Virginia Edwards, Bluffton News Printing & Publishing, 101 N. Main St,
Bluffton OH 45817.
The Gay & Lesbian
Review: bimonthly
journal of history, culture, politics. Pmt: $50. No fiction. Query to Richard
Schneider, P.O. Box 180300, Boston, MA 02118 or by email to HGLR(at)aol.com.
http://www.GLReview.com GL at http://www.glreview.com/submission.php
The Georgia Review: wants creative personal essays and informed thesis-oriented essays. Pmt:
$40/printed page, $3/line for poetry. Doesn't read 5/15-8/15. http://www.uga.edu/garev/submissions.htm
High Country News: Environmental newspaper is printing
a special scifi edition. Wants
stories to 3500 wds. Pmt: 30¢/wd. DL 3/30/06. Sub to SF Submissions, c/o
Paolo Bacigalupi, High Country News, P.O. Box 1090, Paonia, CO 81428. http://www.hcn.org/sf/index.jsp
I Love Cats: stories (nonfiction, health, tips, interesting happenings) about cats and their owners (no cats
who go or live outdoors and no talking cats). Pmt: $25-50. http://www.iluvcats.com. GL at http://www.iluvcats.com/writguidfori.html
Indian Bay Press: Poesia Literary Review: Wants poetry; pmt:
$10 per author. Also poetry book reviews. http://www.indianbaypress.com/index.php?pages/submissions
Kalan: an alternative
greeting card and novelty company; "the key to our product is humor."
Humor runs from risqué to rude. Pmt: $100 per card concept and $60 for
one-liners. Will publish "four letter words." http://www.kalanlp.com/freelancers/freelancers.php
The Kids' Ark: Monthly mag
for children 6-12, to "fight the flood of negative media and peer pressure." Pmt: around $100. http://www.thekidsark.com/. P.O. Box 3160
Victoria Texas 77903; sub via email to editor(at)thekidsark.com.
Leanin' Tree Verse: greeting card co. wants humorous
(clever, laugh-out-loud, risqué but not obscene) verse for birthday,
friendship, get well, anniversary, new baby and hang in there. Pmt: $100/verse.
Sub to Leanin’ Tree Art Review Committee, Leanin’ Tree, Inc., P.O. Box 9500, 6055 Longbow Dr, Boulder,
CO 80301 http://www.leanintree.com/about/VerseWriterGuidelines.asp
Listen Magazine: aimed at teenagers, teaches drug
prevention and abstinence from drugs and tobacco. Articles
1000-1200 wds. Pmt: 5-10¢/wd. No overt religious stories. http://www.listenmagazine.org/listwinner/var_pages/guidelines.asp
LookingForClues (LFC): Web site that features personal articles and
essays that are "bitesize nuggets of insight and
entertainment." Pmt for articles, $20-50. Email
subs to bill(at)bkserv.com.
http://www.bkserv.net/LFC/WriteForLFC.aspx
Love
Greeting Cards: No website listed. Pmt: $100-300. For GL write to Norman Drittel, 1717 Opa Locka Blvd., Opa-Locka, FL 33054.
Lunch Hour Stories: Wants literary short stories for premier 2007 issues. No
genre stories. Pmt: $50 plus 10 copies. To be put on the mailing list, email all
contact info to Nina Bayer, mail(at)lunchhourbooks.com.
http://www.lunchhourstories.com/submissions.htm
Murdaland: upcoming mag to publ. in April, wants "best and most derelict,
deranged, bareknuckled honest voices to bring about a
renaissance of crime fiction." No
word limit. Pmt: $100/story. GL w/SASE or Sub to Cortright
McMeel,
1218 Wine Spring Lane, Baltimore, Md. 21204, or email to Eddie Vega, vegae(at)pbcc.edu.
The New Quarterly: short stories or novel exceprts
(pmt: $200) or essays (pmt: $150) or poetry ($30/poem). Sub to The New
Quarterly, c/o St. Jerome’s Univ., 290 Westmount Road
North, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G3. http://www.newquarterly.net/guidelines.shtml
Night Land: accepting "William Hope
Hodgson-inspired" stories for web publication; pmt: Pmt: 5.5-8¢/wd. For 2000-10K wds. Also pays for poetry. Email: andywrobertson(at)clara.co.uk;
http://www.thenightland.co.uk/nightficoff.html
North Carolina Literary
Review: wants
essays and articles about North Carolina literature, history and culture,
500-5000 wds. Also fiction to 5000 wds, with NC based story or writer. Pmt:
$50-100. http://www.ecu.edu/nclr
Outercast: Literary mag, wants
quality fiction, nonfiction, autobiographical stories, 800-7000 wds. Pmt:
$5/story. Email subs to submissions(at)outercast.com.
DL for next issue: 6/1/06. http://www.outercast.com/submissions.html
Paging
Mr. Hitchcock:
Anthology "of dark stories inspired by the cinema" by Gray Friar
Press, 4000-7000 wds (not firm). Stories must follow theme. Pmt: negotiated.
http://www.grayfriarpress.com/guidelines.html
PI Magazine: trade publication for private
investigators. Wants nonfiction, educational articles, 750-2500
wds. Pmt: 20-25¢/wd. Query to jim(at)pimagazine.com or to Jimmie Mesis,
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728. http://www.pimagazine.com/editors_page_writersguidelines.htm.
Pockets: devotional for kids 6-12 years old.
Wants stories, games, puzzles, poems, recipes, 600-1400 wds,
to "affirm a child's self-worth." Pmt: 14¢/wd. http://www.upperroom.org/pockets/writer_guidelines.asp
Postcard Collector: Essays, history, interviews, pers. exp,
800-1500 wds. Pmt: $200. Query to Krause Publ. 700 E.
State St., Iola, WI 54990 , http://www.postcardcollector.com
Pulp
Couture: "sophisticated and innovative
greeting cards and paper products…edgy but not mean, cruel, or degrading." Pmt: $50 for all rights. http://www.pulpcouture.com/designer-guidelines.php
Red Scream: fiction ("over the edge, black
as the middle of a moonless night horror, twisted experimental, disturbing
erotic") to 4000 (prefers 3000) wds. Also nonfiction (query first). Pmt: 1-5¢/wd
via paypal for fiction, $25-50 for nonfiction. http://www.redscream.com/guidelines.php
Savannah Magazine: profiles of local residents, gen.
int. travel, decorating, renovating, gardening, history. Pmt: $150-350 for
750-2500 wds. Query to Linda Wittish, P.O. Box 1088,
Savannah, GA 31402. GL with SASE to same address.
Email: linda.wittish-at-savannahnow.com. http://www.savannahmagazine.com.
Shenandoah: nonfiction and mainstream fiction;
pmt: $25/printed page. Also poetry; pmt: $2.50/line. Lynn Leech, The Washington
and Lee University Review, Washington and Lee Univ. Mattingly House, 2 Lee
Ave., Lexington VA 24450; http://shenandoah.wlu.edu
Shadowed Realms: "the darkest, most disturbing horror story you've ever
written. It may be urban, psychological, gothic, supernatural, blasphemous,
taboo, or gory - but above all else, we're looking for works that transcend the
hackneyed images of the genre," to 15K wds. Pmt: $50. http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/macabre/
Southern Arts Journal: "content of the South, about the South" history,
arts, artists, writers, antiques, destinations, events. Pmt: $25-250. http://www.southernartsjournal.com/writers_query/guidelines.asp
Story
House: coffee label
publisher; most genres (no h) & mainstream (fic/nonfic/poem/art).
Pay: 10-20¢/word ($25 if under 500). Words: no limit for serials. http://www.storyhouse.com/stories/submissions.html
The Town Drunk: Webzine devoted to lighthearted
speculative fiction. First reading period: 1/2/06-2/15/06. Wants stories to
5000 wds; pmt: $35. http://www.thetowndrunk.org/guidelines.aspx
Underground Voices: fiction to 6000 wds. Pmt: $30 for fiction; no payment for poetry. http://www.undergroundvoices.com/UVcontribute.htm
Vespertine Press: short stories, translations,
self-contained novel excerpts and memoirs; pmt: $200 for stories, $75 for
poetry. VespertinePress, 236 West Portal Avenue,#119, San Francisco, CA 94127; http://www.vespertinepress.org
Walking
Bones: non-themed
online mag, wants fantasy, dark horror, speculative
fiction, scifi; pmt: $20/story. Sub to walkingbonesmagazine(at)hotmail.com.
http://www.walkingbones.com/
Wanderings:
non-genre
stories 1000-5000 wds and up to two-page poems. Pmt: 1/4¢/wd. Sub to wanderingseditor(at)gmail.com.
http://www.wanderingsmag.com/
Woman's
Touch Magazine: insp. mag
for women, wants "spiritual growth articles, relationships, ministry wife,
single life." Pmt: 6¢/wd for first rights and 4¢/wd for one-time rights
for articles of 500-1500 wds. Elizabeth Hightower 1445 N.
Boonville Ave., Springfield, MO 65802. Sub via email to womanstouch(at)ag.org. http://www.womanstouch.ag.org; GL at http://www.womanstouch.ag.org/writers-guidelines.cfm.
Writing World: articles (on fiction, nonfiction, business writing,
self-publishing, etc) and humor items, writing related. Pmt: 5¢/wd, $100 max. Pmt for humor, $15. Prefers 800-1500 wds. http://www.writing-world.com/admin1/guidelines.shtml
Controlled
Burn: fiction
(100-8000 wds), poetry (1-1000 lines, avant-garde, free
verse), nonfiction (humor, essay), 500-5000 wds. Email subs to Daniel Crocker, crockerd(at)kirtland.edu
The Fractured Publisher:
"Humorous
gallery of press releases," wants articles: 400-800 wds; short stories:
50-2000 wds; book reviews: 300-700 wds.
http://www.fracturedpublisher.com/subs.html
Ritro.com: daily webzine; humor, any genre
(fiction, nonfiction, poetry), under 2000 wds (depending on department).
http://www.ritro.com/interact/guidelines/
Underground Window: Literary ezine, wants short stories
to 8000 wds and poetry. http://www.undergroundwindow.com/
Black Holes: Has your submittal fallen into a
black hole? A list of response times for submissions to science fiction,
fantasy, and horror magazines and book publishers can be found at
http://www.critters.org/blackholes/